20th Century
Harlem Shuffle
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In 1960s Harlem, Ray Carney owns his own furniture store and is determined to prove himself as an honest businessman, in stark contrast ...Read Review
Wuhan
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No, this is not a hastily written novel about Covid-19. It is a big, sprawling, angry novel that was started well before the ...Read Review
Beasts of a Little Land
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This beautiful book follows the lives of a girl named Jade, who is sold at the age of ten as an apprentice to ...Read Review
The Gypsy’s Daughter (Memory Lane)
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The eponymous Harmony Loveridge, “Harry” to her family, friends and others who are neither, is raised on a farm in Kent by loving ...Read Review
The Vixen
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This is one of the most satisfying novels I’ve read in ages. From the beginning, Prose places us firmly in the consciousness ...Read Review
The Woman at the Front
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This book is a love story—a deep and compelling one—but it’s not only about romantic love. It is also about ...Read Review
Splinter on the Tide
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War makes boys grow up fast, and World War II had that effect on plenty of civilian guys turned naval reserve officers, men ...Read Review
The French Gift: A Novel of World War II Paris
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This multi-period historical mystery centers on the relationship of a famous French author and resistance fighter, Joséphine Murant, and Margot Bisset, a ...Read Review
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
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1913 Mexico. Petra Luna’s mother died in childbirth. Her father was forced to either join the Federales, the government army of tyrant Victoriano ...Read Review
Tenderness
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D.H. Lawrence, Jackie Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover might seem unlikely bedfellows, but in this wonderfully compelling novel, their stories are interwoven ...Read Review